The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-20
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE.

on the 18th inst, and was composed
Of delegates representing Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Car.
DINA, Tennessee and Texas. 1t was
an able body Of earnest, patriotic men,
who were thoroughly impressed with
the Importance and magnitude of the
great work they have undertaken-the
social, moral, intellectual and financial
Improvement of the farmers of the
South and of the country. That the
principles and purposes of the Alliance
are adapted to the wants and necessi-
ties Of the farmers, is evidenced by
the fact that such State organizations
as the Farmers. Union, of Louisiana,
the Agricultural Wheel, of Arkansas
and Missouri, and the Farmers Relief,
Of Mississippi. had endorsed them,
and that at the present session, the
Agricultural Wheel, Of Kentucky and
Tennessee, came into the order and is
now thoroughly affiliated with it.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER will fur
nish it's readers from time to time, and
as rapidly as possible, the official pro-
ceedings.
We are enabled to give some mat
ters which are of interest to our North
Carolina farmers and brethren. The
following. looking.to the development
of a more perfect and efficient co-ope-
ration business system, was adopted:
"Appreciating the supreme import
ance and magnitude of this subject in
it's relation to the financial prosperity
and industrial development Of the
States represented in this body, no less
than to the industrial success. indie
pendence and happiness of the great
body of farmers of the South, we can
not too strongly urge upon the mem
bers and subordinate organizations of
our Order, the absolute and indispen-
sible necessity for a well-digested and
thoroughly organized cooperative bus
mess system by and through which we
may mitigate, if we may not entirely rid
ourselves of unequal burthens and I'M
just expressions and evils, which are
paralyzing the energies and absorbing
the profits of our farming interests.
We, therefore, earnestly commend to
the early and favorable consideration
of State, County and Subordinate AL
~liances, and to the individual members
of our order, the following outline Of
a general plan, to be perfected and
developed in detail, as the necessities
and local conditions of the several
States in which it is adopted, may re-
quire. but confirming as nearly as
practicable to the general plan, to the
end that, ultimately and at the earliest
practicable time, we may bring togeth-
er and direct our business methods,
business resources and business inter
ests under one general and harmoni-
Gus plan Of cooperation through a
National Agency of the National Al
lance.
ave recommend to the various
State and subordinate organizations of
the \. +. A. & G.. L. Of A. the plan
adopted by the State Alliance Of Tex
as, at its regular session Aug. 18th,
1887, at Waco, and known as the
Farmers Alliance Exchange, Of Tex
as, rs q general guide for the organiza-
ton of such business agencies, said
plan to be furnished at the earliest
practicable time, to the Secretaries of
the various State organizations by the
Secretary of the National Alliance.
ave recommend that the Business
Agents of such State organizations as
may desire to create a National Agen
cy shall meet in the city Of Dallas,
Texas, on the second Tuesday in Feb
ruary, 1888, and organize themselves
into a National Business Directory,
and shall have power to elect a Ma
tional Business Agent, provided the
Business Directory and the National
Business Agent shall exist no longer
under this organization than the next
regular meeting Of the National AL
lance.
"The National Business Directory
shall have power to locate the office,
define the duties and fix the salary of
the said National Business Agent, pro-
vided he is paid from the fund OF the
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